# Is there a call blocker app (iOS) that can block a series of numbers ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381 "2016-01-27T16:06:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/1 "2016-01-27T16:06:43Z")
I have two iPhones with the following numbers ( numbers are made up for illustration) 745-420-3245 712-460-6681 On both phones I get annoying calls where the caller talks in Spanish and hangs up when I reply in English. The calls on my 745-420-3245 always come from 745-420-XXXX numbers and on my 712-460-6681 the annoying calls are always from 712-460-XXXX numbers. The XXXX numbers are random. So is there an app or method (preferably free) that lets me block all numbers of the form 712-460-XXXX ? (Except my own ) Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/2 "2016-01-27T17:07:43Z")
I think you probably don’t want to do that. It sounds like you’ve got numbers from two standard cell phone NXXs (420, 460), so you’d be likely cutting off a lot of potential calls. Have you looked at the ‘do not disturb’ feature? I believe you can set that so that only numbers in your phone book will actually ring. Of course, that blocks a lot more calls than the app you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/3 "2016-01-27T18:44:39Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I think you probably don’t want to do that. I do exactly want to do that. I have done the risk versus benefit analysis and like I said, I am very sure I want to do this. > [@](#): > > Have you looked at the ‘do not disturb’ feature? I believe you can set that so that only numbers in your phone book will actually ring. Of course, that blocks a lot more calls than the ap. Yes I have looked into the “do not disturb” feature and no it does not do what I want done. Thank you for replying ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/4 "2016-01-27T21:20:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I think you probably don’t want to do that. It sounds like you’ve got numbers from two standard cell phone NXXs (420, 460), so you’d be likely cutting off a lot of potential calls. > > Have you looked at the ‘do not disturb’ feature? I believe you can set that so that only numbers in your phone book will actually ring. Of course, that blocks a lot more calls than the app you’re looking for. Every time I get a call from Rachel from Card Services or her new friend it’s always from the same NPA-Nxx as my phone#. IOW, they have programmed their robo-spoofer to make the calls appear to be from the same NPA-Nxx as whatever number they are calling. It’s a clever way to increase the percentage that get answered. The OP may be experiencing something similar. I may not be in the same situation as the OP since I’ve moved away from that NPA years ago. As such I have a stored contact for any and every number in that NPA that I’m ever going to be interested in. Any call from that NPA is either a contact, or it’s Rachel. I’d love a blocker with wildcard capability like that. Provided it worked only after checking my contacts for a match. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/5 "2016-01-27T23:02:01Z")
I have created an Contact named “Wrong number”. Every time I get a junk call, I add that number to it. It now has dozens of junk callers and I know not to answer. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-call-blocker-app-ios-that-can-block-a-series-of-numbers/744381/6 "2016-01-28T20:07:07Z")
iOS has a “block number” feature, so you don’t need to create a special contact for it. I don’t think you can use it to block a range of numbers. Only numbers that are in your address book or recent calls. There might be a way to sync your address book with a computer and run a program on your computer to create entries for all those numbers, then block them, but I don’t think there’s an obvious one. I’d like there to be a “Don’t ring for anyone not in my contacts” option, but I haven’t found it yet. Do Not Disturb could do this, but then I couldn’t also use it for “silence everything when I’m asleep”.